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Space Conference Erases Name of Yuri Gagarin From Event Claiming to 'Celebrate Human Achievements'
Sputnik News ^ | 3/19/2022 | Alexander Zemlianichenko

Posted on 03/20/2022 6:32:31 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

The Space Foundation, an American non-profit organization founded in 1983, has renamed its Yuri's Night fundraiser, named in honor of the first man to travel into space, celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, "in light of current world events".

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To: Bon of Babble

Has Russia airbrushed Neil Armstrong yet? If not, that raises questions...


21 posted on 03/20/2022 7:01:29 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: escapefromboston

“are they not embarrassed by their behavior ?”


not as long as the ‘right’ people applaud. I’m waiting for Kraft to yank “Russian Dressing.”


22 posted on 03/20/2022 7:01:37 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Bon of Babble

Will they start erasing people from photos now? Good grief.


23 posted on 03/20/2022 7:03:34 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: escapefromboston

Virtue signaling and nothing more.


24 posted on 03/20/2022 7:05:25 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Nucular combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies.")
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Haven’t seen anyone post this yet — here’s Sting, and his 80’s song, “Russians’... amazed it’s still on YT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq9FZ8e6d1Q


25 posted on 03/20/2022 7:06:20 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Bon of Babble

Liberals are communists prone to childish fantasies and acts. This is just another one of those childish acts.


26 posted on 03/20/2022 7:09:35 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Pettiness knows no bounds. I will continue to remember him with fondness.


27 posted on 03/20/2022 7:09:57 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: OKSooner

Never mind the price of fuels...


28 posted on 03/20/2022 7:13:46 AM PDT by Does so (Americans had no desire for war between 1939 and 1941. Rheinland? Sometimes War Finds YOU!)
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To: Does so

Breakfast may have fuel beaten. 46.10 before tip for two for breakfast this AM at a little neighborhood diner. Pancakes bacon one egg and western with sausage. About what it cost to fill up my car not all that long ago.


29 posted on 03/20/2022 7:28:17 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Q: Who was the first man in space?

A: There never was a first man in space.


30 posted on 03/20/2022 7:31:22 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Bon of Babble

It’s stupid. Gagarin, Tchaikovsky, et al. and their achievements have nothing to do with anything going on today. What is next, burning all books by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky?


31 posted on 03/20/2022 7:31:33 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

That form of virtue signaling is already happening in a way, an Italian university just removed Tolstoy & Dostoevsky from their reading list.


32 posted on 03/20/2022 7:38:21 AM PDT by Reily
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To: BobL

“Has Russia airbrushed Neil Armstrong yet? “

That was done a while back...but of course our mass media is not gonna talk about it:

https://www.aulis.com/miniatures2.htm

https://www.aulis.com/miniatures3.htm

https://www.aulis.com/investigation.htm


33 posted on 03/20/2022 8:01:43 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: DuncanWaring

“Q: Who was the first man in space?

A: There never was a first man in space.”

A. Space is a white racist concept that was invented to oppress minorities.


34 posted on 03/20/2022 8:06:45 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Bon of Babble

“has renamed its Yuri’s Night fundraiser, “

Dumb.
Just the left here tearing down statues.


35 posted on 03/20/2022 8:08:57 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (remorse)
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To: escapefromboston
I always wonder about people who come up with these decisions. What is going on in their mind? are they not embarrassed by their behavior ?

Ask them directly.

The explanation of the name change looks like typical corporate spokeswonk doublespeak. The design of the web page element seems deliberately intended to ensure you can’t directly link to it. Don’t see a press release.

For nearly a decade, Space Foundation has hosted a “Yuri’s Night” on the Sunday prior to its annual Space Symposium to raise funds for our education programs. Three weeks ago, when we first started posting notices on social media about our April 3rd event, then called, “Yuri’s Night,” we started to receive a number of negative posts about Russia.

Wanting to ensure the focus of the evening remained on our goals -- the kickoff of the 10th anniversary of Space Foundation Discovery Center and raising funds for our education programs -- we made the decision to change the name to “A Celebration of Space: Discover What’s Next.” This gathering will highlight Yuri’s flight, as well as the anniversary of the Space Shuttle, the new Sally Ride Quarter, the Webb Space Telescope, and other space milestones past, present and those to come.

Space Foundation respects the tradition of Yuri’s Night to celebrate one of history’s greatest achievements, but this year, we made the decision to continue our pre-Symposium gathering tradition by another name. Nothing can erase the facts and history of Yuri Gagarin’s accomplishment as the first of humanity to go to space which Space Foundation has long recognized and celebrated throughout our organization’s history. That includes a display of Yuri Gagarin in our Discovery Center, as well as 60th anniversary efforts of his flight which we publicly shared last year in international and national outlets.

As an organization, our information, education and collaboration efforts all contribute to a future where there is space for all.

36 posted on 03/20/2022 8:21:05 AM PDT by no-s (Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
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To: Bernard
How Soviet of them.

Yes. Right out of the Stalin playbook. These little commies should be so proud of themselves.


37 posted on 03/20/2022 8:25:11 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (630,000 active users now on Truth Social)
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To: Bon of Babble

That’s just stupid. Changing history is...oh, wait...


38 posted on 03/20/2022 8:28:20 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Bon of Babble

What, they couldn’t just re-write him as being a BIPOC, LGBTQ weirdo with made up pronouns?


39 posted on 03/20/2022 9:00:21 AM PDT by SIDENET (Whatever they're threatening, the vaxx is worse...or they wouldn't be threatening you.)
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To: Bon of Babble; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Yuri gets canceled. “1984” was a handbook for these lunatics.


40 posted on 03/20/2022 1:05:03 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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